Bob Spink: On her tour, would the Minister care to call in at Castle Point in Essex? We should all welcome the Government's apprenticeships initiative. It is important, particularly in the current economic environment, that we invest for the future. Will the Minister be spending any additional funding to try to get employers involved in targeting this particular age group, in order to make sure they understand both that there is relevance in what they are doing and that there is a future opportunity for them with real employees on work-based schemes?

James Duddridge: The  Southend Echo has recently highlighted that truancy in the Southend area is three times the national average in some cases. Will the Department advise Southend to consider best practice from other areas that have had poor truancy levels but have turned around the situation?

Bob Spink: Will the right hon. Gentleman ensure that the use of diminished responsibility in relation to murders will be accepted only where a recognised medical condition is restricted and predetermined by the House when hon. Members go through the Bill in Committee, and is diagnosed before the murder takes place?